A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 109 km WNW of Bhamo, Burma (68 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.14 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 14.14 km, 96.3144° East, 24.7834° North. Global time and date of event 16/01/19 / 2019-01-16 21:39:36 / January 16, 2019 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:09:36 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000j4r3. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j4r3.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 109 km WNW of Bhamo, Burma.
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